Two years ago at the Indiana State Fair the state's pork producers announced a new initiative to feed Indiana's hungry. The Million Meals program was launched to provide a million pork meals to Indiana food banks, and soon that millionth meal will be delivered, according to the president of Indiana Pork.
Sam Moffitt explains how producers have made it possible to get those meals to FIsH, Feeding Indiana's Hungry.
"We as pork producers can voluntarily checkoff a nickel a head of our hogs to go towards this program that then supplies pork to our Indiana food banks around the state. Then they distribute it out. We get it packaged in two pound ground pork packages that families can take to provide a nutritious meal. We also have great support from industry partners that have contributed large amounts of money to go towards this program, and it's just been a great program."
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